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Laughter and your Brain - Creativity?

Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009
At : 1:14 PM

Here is a far from humorous account of the neuroscience of laughter.

As we know, the creativity which results in the "eureka" moment is often accompanied by laughter.

The areas of the brain involved in laughter include the

* Left superior frontal gyrus (a part of the Frontal Lobe of the brain)
* Temporal Lobe
* Hypothalamus

The physiological effects of laughter include:

* Increased heart rate
* Increased rate and/or change in breathing
* Increased blood pressure
* Strengthened immune system
* Reduced levels of various nurochemicals – the catecholines and hormones.

Warning

After abdominal surgery or broken ribs AVOID laughing.
Excessive laughing has sometimes led to heart attacks.

Remember
Balance your left and right brain, access your subconscious mind, enter the Silence, and expand your creativity with Whole Mind Success.

Labels: American Creativity, American Creativity Asscociation, humor, Innovation, laughter and brain, neuroscience of laughter, science of humor, Whole Mind

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Creativity, Laughter, Innovation

Posted: Thursday, March 12, 2009
At : 9:58 PM

Whole Mind Success has been invited to present a Keynote Address at the annual AATH Conference in Las Vegas next month.

AATH, the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor is
a non-profit professional organization that advances the understanding and application of humor and laughter for their positive benefits.

The Eureka moment is often accompanied by laughter - although the reverse may not be true!

Which part of your Whole Mind is used in humor? Is the left brain or the right brain more active? Is it the conscious mind or the subconscious mind that triggers laughter? How much of it is conditioning and environment?

Whole Mind Success reveals it all, whilst showing you practical methods to balance the brain, delve into Silence and renew your neural circuits.

The result is Pure Creativity.

Labels: Creativity, humor, humour, Innovation, laughter, Whole Mind

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